Richard Sénécal (born 1 April 1967) is a Haitian filmmaker. He is known for directing and producing numerous Haitian films.
The Haitian Times described his film Barikad as a classic that examines Haiti's class structure. The European Union funded an outdoor screening of his film Cousines in Haiti in 2011 for a European Festival. It received two awards at the Brooklyn International Film Festival.
In 2011, Malpasse was a film planned about Haitian students in the Dominican Republic to be directed by Sénécal. In his 2016 book on Haiti, Paul Clammer called the film I Love You Anne one of the country's most popular "in recent years".
Filmography Chère Cathereine (1997), co-cinematographer The New Adventures Barikad (2002) I Love You Anne (2002), starring comedian Tonton Bicha Cousins (2006) We Love You Anne (2013) Gossip Phone (Telefòn Jouda) (2017), television series Birth of a Diaspora (Naissance d'une diaspora) (2019), a documentary about Haitian refugees in Chile
See also Cinema of Haiti Culture of Haiti
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